Friday, 6 April 2012

Graduates and drinking

From the Graduate Longitudinal Study New Zealand we learn that when it comes to how often graduates drink alcohol the results are:

11.5% Never
9.3% Almost never
11.7% Less than once a month
10.7% Once a month
14.4% Once every two weeks
18.1% Once a week
17.8% Two or three times a week
4.4% Four or five times a week
2.1% Six or seven times a week
0.1% Skipped question

How many standard drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?

n = 7713 (88.5%) who indicated that they drink at least some alcohol (i.e., excluding those who indicated that they never drink alcohol)
25.3% Never
26.4% Once or twice a year
17.6% Less than monthly
17.2% Monthly
13.0% Weekly
0.1% Daily or almost daily
0.3% Skipped question